Paul McCartney is the first British musician to become a billionaire through his music. This is clear from the list Sunday times About the richest Britons. According to the newspaper, the Beatles musician earned 50 million pounds last year from his tour and music.

It also included a little help from Beyoncé. It has a cover of a Beatles song blackbird It is on her latest album, and earns royalties from co-composer McCartney.

On the list of the richest Britons, McCartney ranks 165th, with a fortune estimated at one billion pounds. In first place comes Gopi Hinduja, a businessman whose fortune is more than £37 billion. McCartney is not the only musician on the list, as Elton John also came in 291st place with a fortune of £470 million.

There are some other notable names among them. King Charles ranks 258th with a fortune of £610 million. According to the Sunday Times, British Prime Minister Sunak is slightly richer, coming in 245th place with a fortune of 651 million pounds sterling.

Last month, US business magazine Forbes reported that Taylor Swift had also earned $1 billion through her music and performances alone, although that was in dollars (about £800 million). Its world tour generates more sales volume in six months than the economy of many small countries in one year.

The Sunday Times has also prepared a list of the forty richest Britons Less than 40. We see more musicians there. Ed Sheeran came in tenth place with £340 million, Harry Styles came in seventeenth with £175 million, and Adele came in nineteenth with £170 million.